My daughter was keeping an eye on the pictures in the last year calender since I hung it. As soon as the new year was born , she cut all the pictures in it and we pasted them on the wall and made a theme with it to educate her younger brother. On the other hand, the little learner is more interested in peeling them off !
Posts Tagged ‘Little lady’s big world’
What did we do with our old calender?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Little lady's big world on January 21, 2007| 13 Comments »
SmART silhouettes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Little lady's big world on November 5, 2006| 5 Comments »
Great was the family sunday at the SMART musuem, Chicago. It is a day when everybody in a family attend art workshop, do some family project, listen to a concert etc. These silhouettes were done on one such sunday. With the kid standing against a bright light, the shadow is made to fall on a paper taped on the wall. The parent outlines the shadow , cut it out and all make a collage on the cutout . There was no big trouble in making my daughter stand still , but with my 7 mo old son , we had great difficulty to keep him straight. The light was so bright, he kept turning towards it. The day was filled with activities and gave us memories to be cherished forever.
Fall colors everywhere!/Rawa Kesari
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ghee, Little lady's big world, Sugar, Sweets on October 30, 2006| 12 Comments »
It is lovely to walk along the road side, making a ‘charak charak’ sound with the leaves . As the leaves fall, they know their destination , still they give their life a colorful ending. Their bond with the tree is in the hands of a breeze. Some leaves get knocked by a mild breeze, some are stubborn and yield only to a stormy wind. Some go by the gravity. However they fall, they dress the mother earth with their vivid colors and do a wavy dance with the kissing wind.
Hey, come on , I know I bored you. I can hear you saying ‘come to the point’. I know you guessed it right, it is our first fall in US. Being for the first time, my daughter loves to celebrate all the seasons of the year. She attended a fall festival in our neighbourhood and was mimicking it at home . She organised few games and activities, and set up a food stall. For the food, she chose the snacks according to the theme like mango juice ,colorful fruit loops etc. So she wanted a dessert in the fall color . There comes our handy menu- rawa kesari. I made in minutes and moulded it like a pumpkin to cheer up my girl’s festive mood.
Ingredients:
Semolina/rawa/sooji- 1 cup
Water- 2 cups
Sugar- 2 cups
Ghee/clarified butter- 1 cup
Cashews and raisins- – handful
Cardamom- 2 no
Food color-1 pinch
Roast the rawa in ghee slightly. In a heavy non stick pan, boil the water . Add food color to the water. Add the rawa stirring continuously.There should not be any lumps . Stir well till it is cooked thoroughly. Now add the sugar , the rawa will get loosen a little. Add the powdered cardamom. Heat the ghee on another stove and pour the melted ghee . First the ghee will get absorbed and later it is ooze out . Stop stirring when the sweet comes out as a ball. In a separate pan , heat ghee, roast the cashews and raisins. Add to the kesari. Serve hot.
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Oven baked idol of Lord Ganesh
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Little lady's big world on October 22, 2006| 6 Comments »
Yet another creation by my girl. As I told you here, my girl attended and really enjoyed the ‘Art Afternoons’ on wednesdays at the SMART musuem, this summer. One such afternoon, we did crafts with oven bake clay. This is just like a play doh but needs to be baked at 350 deg for 45 min for hardening.
My girl in the spotlight!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Little lady's big world on October 12, 2006| 1 Comment »
I have a lovely, active , extraordinary creative daughter who is a first grader now.As a sample for her activities… This is what she made at the SMART musuem (‘Art Wednesdays’) in her summer vacation. Of course , I helped her!!